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tmtvee Section One Eight Pages VOL. XVll. NO. 167. ;? . ELIZABETH CITY. NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY EVENING, JULY 15, l'J27. TWENTY PAGES IN THREE SECTIONS ALL IS READY FOR BRIDGE EVEN? ? ? ? ? ? ? ??? ??? ? t ? ??? ? ? ? ??? Governor Felicitates East On Great Project Thousands Invited t To Celebration By McLean In Message Declares AH Sections of State Rejoice With East in Completion of Bridge, Uniting All in Inseparable Entity Through the columns of The Daily Advance, Angus W. McLean, Governor of North Carolina, sends greet ing to the people of the Northeast, and a word of fe licitation on the completion of the Chowan Bridge, to be celebrated in Edenton on Wednesday, July 20. ? The Governor found It imprac ticable lo be present. for the r.-a? on tbat the celebration fall* dur ing bin annual vacation of one month m WI.con.ln, HI* me*, follows: To the people of Northea.tern North Carolina: Greeting: It la with peculiar pleasure and aatlsfactlon that 1 tako advantage of ihl. opportunity offered by Mr. Herbert Heele. editor of The Kllra beth City Advance, to address this *o?l or greeting ,o the people ||T. ?ng In the oldest portion of the State, on the occasion of the open ing of the great Chowan bridge ?crou the Chowan River. In the Drat Place, It gives me peculiar satisfaction that J hap pened to have been Governor of the great state of North Caro lina* during the period when the Plan, for this great bridge, ?tretchlng for nearly two mile. acroM the mighty Chowan River, Were llrst conceived, to have had * part In urging the authorization of the bridge, and to have wit nessed Its completion. And It af fords me distinct pleasure to be 4Me to tell the people of the sec tion of the State that will benellt most directly from this bridge that' ?II of the other sections of the I State rejoice with them over It j and appreciate the opportunity of I having had a part In making It I possible. Kor till, bridge Is not! only something for which you j BhouM be proud, but something j for ?hlch the entire State should be proud. Of National Import .e*'L,.C?ngr*t"",t0 >'ou on the ?flVCetaful completion of this new bridge llrst on the greatness of the *112^ . om ,n engineering stand point. for It Is one of the greatest Mfdertaklnga of It, kind, not only f In this State, but In the Nation Ilut even more do I congratulate! f. you on the far-reaching slgnln cance of this bridge, for the pur ,?' win f.r ou,.1 *?gh Die lime, money and energy consumed In its building, for It 's going to prove one of the best In vestment* the Stale of North Car-I ollna ever made. hrwLl,Uylr' " 10 m'- 'hi"' ill* ."h the ^malnlng I innri Si '? bind the rmtltZ ?""'Parable m?!! ~d ,nak,, ,he Stm* of whll^ fkll? t" ,""'1 ,ln"- >1>ri h.Ji illL Nor">*?.tern counties ?Pon* "" ra<"f out jpapdlng ?? the state since lis very <,?W" "" Aibe.l ??'nlry from James I town aa early a, nsa. th?,? Rr?a, | r vera have .erved aa natural bar-1 communles th'"r'** '? "??y access. ^ "nd intercourse' with the other people of the State The result ha. been that , I J" ?,h'r "'I Ul# Stale knew of you, heard of SSii.,n-M?? '*"? the, really did not know yon. because It was so difficult to get to yon W?l..?i>c| to Kolil SBut now this great bridge has ?v-d thai harrier, and ha, ighl you back again Inlo your, tfui position wllh the rest of] Btate so that the other sec ??? My to you "wel :?T*?r r v ?? y<> ulllff? Physically aa well aa aplr ail I.s' Sii "" ""eat common Si which la North Carolina. f*M thai the great section a Albemarle Bonnd has not p. *""?*?"<l with the ? .J i* heretofore, has ' HwKasj Proclamation The twentieth of July ha* been art a*W1e for the celebra tion anil the formal opening of the Chowan Rlw Bridge. In view of the fart that thia bridge will n?ean m much to the Albemarle flection and to our city, and believing the op ening to be of tremendoua Im |K?rtaare to thia Hection and Nlnee It ha* been deemed logl cal |o devote July the twentieth m the day for celebration of thia project; I requeat that all who are able will attend the celebration at Kdenton. At a celebration that algnl ficA no much for ua and our neighborN it la Imperative that we liave prewent a noteworthy aMMcmbly of Klluibeth City peo pk-. <Jiven under my hand and aenl (Ida twentieth day of Jaly, nineteen hundred and twenty J. B. F1X>KA, Mayor Kllanbeth city. N. C. of your business. I envy Virginia nothing that rightfully belongs to It, for It Is a great and honorable commonwealth. Yet I euvy any state the privilege of closer con tacts with any section of North Carolina than our State as a whole enjoys with that section. That Is why I am so glad that you are back In North Carolina physical ly. ns you have always been united with her In spirit. So It can be seen that not only Is the opening of thla bridge a great benefit to Kllaabeth City. Edenton, and the rural districts of your section of the State, but that It will help all North Caro lina. It will not only give you access to the majn arteries of travel leading Into all sections of the State, hut It will afford th* people of these sections the cov eted opportunity of visiting you, of mingling with your people and of sharing your prosperity. You have here one of the finest agri cultural sections to be found any where. Your possibilities have hardly begun to be realised. The millions of dollar* that your pota to producers have just received from the largest crop ever grown within the borders of the State, are but an Index to what you can do and what In reality you are doing now. Vjuten With IlkMntnipi Itlessed with climate and soil conducive to the production of early truck sufficient to tempt the jappetlte and draw the trade of our northern and eastern friends, you are today, I am confident, stand ing on |M threshold of a new era lIn agricultural pursuits. You sre no longer dependent {upon limited means of transpor tation. You have improved high ways at your command, and over these, in motor trucks, you can market your crops not only to oth er sections of our own State, but to the states to the north of us The fad that this can be done has been fully demonstrated dur ing the strawberry ftesnon Just passed, when fleets of trucks came down to the southeastern part of the State from Delaware, New Jersey snd Pennsylvania and beat the railroads bsck north with their loads of berries by many hours. This samo successful mar ketlng by motor truck can be ac complished In the tier of counties lying across Albemsrle Sound Just s* well aa It has been accomplished In the counties south of you. So It Is with particular grati fication that I welcome you "back home' -back Into full and com plete fellowship with all the other countfes of the State. This feel ing Is the more profound for the fact that f was one of the earliest advocates of this Chowan Bridge project, and back In 1924, In my apeech-maklng, pointed out the need for Just such a bridge. For I was convinced that this great section needed a more adequate out let and Inlet to aad from the iother sections of tHe State. And I am thankful today that this am bition on my part, and naturally on yours, has been realised. AJfOUft W. Me LB AN. Governor. L Beauty Spots Along the Historic Trail Two reaimrkjtblr \>wi ak>i)K tb? Virginia l>are Trull, which r?im Into exhtfeuoo jk hh tiau trhliiliifi of the Inrer t*M?%ran Hlv op, and n map of tlx* Tmil. Ak?\? i? 1U<- Ijuiw<I < 1io\\iitu?k<> W lilov*, mi the town limit* of K?loii4<iai. I mv -i it (ho OfflrW Mitm at the f?kbnUlon will bo welrometl. At the rluht Is IU)T?, reafclence of (Coventor Kmnm i John<too. near KdnHim. Virginia Dare Trail Beckons America's Tourist Throngs to Land of Loveliness and ()ppo?~tunity Amid Historic Shrines of the State and Nation By RALPH POOL Across that ancient province of Abemarle, cradle of the great State of North Carolina, to the ?pot where wan born the first child of English parents In Ameri ca, there stretches a wide high way that is to be christened on Wednesday, July 20, as the Vir ginia Dare Trail. The christening will be an in cident In a celebration marking the completion of the Chowan Bridge across lower Chowan River near Edenton. This is as It should be, Inasmuch as th? Virginia Dare Trail, as an unbroken highway across the Albemarle District, did not come Into being until the great new bridge was finished. Beginning at the Hoanoke River at WUllamston, the Virginia Dare Trail take? a straightaway north easterly courie for some M5 miles to the shbrjs of Currituck Sound at Currituck Courthouse. Thence It runs In a southeasterly direction 30 miles to the tip of the Curri tuck peninsula at Point Harbor. From that point, ferries carry the trail to Kitty Hawk Bay, on the North Carolina Coast, and to Roanoke Island, birthplace of Virginia Dare. At Its southeasternmost end, the Virginia Dire Trail is at the gateway to North Carolina's un excelled coastal playground, whose fishing and huntlog are famed the Nation over, and whose other re creational opportunities are just becoming generally known to the world at large. At Its western terminal at WUllamston, the trail connects with State Highways 30, 90 and J2!>, giving ready ac cess to all (he remainder of North Carolina. M'Imtw Hospitality Kelgim From Wllllamston, It Is twelve mile* ovor the trail to Windsor, county seat of Hertle, a fertile domain uoli-d for the hospitality of its people and for the beauty and charm of Its daughter*. Windsor In a beautiful old town with wide streets shaded by ancient elms In all their stntely majesty. Notable among Its beautiful homes is Windsor Castle, with the broad verandas and tall white columns characteristic of the romantic ante bellum era In North Carolina Windsor Castle Is the residence of Judge Francis I). Winston, former Lieutenant (Jovernor of North Carolina, and among the Slate's most eminent living sons. One follows the trail 16 miles from Windsor eastward before suddenly coming upon the broad expanse of Chowan Hirer, at the point where tlt? mile and a half Chowan flrldgt* joins Hertle and Chowan Counties. That spot is known as Kden House, from the| fact that It Is close by the site on whlrh stood th? residence of| Charles Kden, Colonial governor of ? North Carolina. Governor Kden long Is accused of having been In partnership with ' one Kdwurd Teach, or Thatch, no-' torloux freebooter who ravaged1 Colonial shipping In the ?arly 1700's, and who has gone down in j history under the title of Black-1 beard, by reason of hl? heavy, growth of whiskers. In which tra dition records that he took great' pride. Blackboard finally wan slain In a hand-to-hand battle with one Lieutenant Maynurd off Ocra coke Inlet. Further along the trail, there in an old house whose gable cud* are of brick brought by Hhlp froin England. There Mlackhrard Is re puted to have had u rendezvous during bin freehooting days -but more of that later. Kdenton IIm t'nlquo Charm Oovernor Eden died in 17 22. and was burled in a grove of wil lows clone by hid home. The wll lowa Mill stand. beside the Vir ginia I>are Trail, a stone'* throw from the great new bridge; but they shelter the mortal remalna of the governor no long'-r. Many years after bin death. his casket was exhumed and burled again In Old St. Paul a churchyard, In Edentou, where 11 reposes to this day. On across the bridge, and for four miles more, one tiavoLs before1 arriving In Kdenton, famed as Colonial capital of the State and j as one of the most picturesquely' beautiful towns In America. Eden-| ton was named for Oovernor, Charles Kdon, and was Incorporat ed as a town about the year 1722.' The visitors Interested In his-! tory, legendry and in beautifully preserved types of architecture dating back to the earliest days of the Albemarle Colony, may spend a month in Kdenton with! pleasure and profit. Of all Its ancient buildings, perhaps the most Interesting Is St. Paul's Church, a structure of red brick' dating back to the year 1736. The Reason for the Great Celebration V tow a of ttto Chowan Itir rr llrtihcr. a* <ut ?po rlwil ?rhl??Y*titcti< In Mt?l* mm) Nation. OompMlo*) will fe hMnM My 10. Th? church wan not completed., howmr, until 17G0, largely be .cauHo money was none too plenti ful wllh which to carry on the work. In St. Paul's Churchyard, ahel tered by wide spreading tre?H that seem to have caught sonie thlnx of the reverence with which mortals stand upon that hallowed ground, lie hurled a host of II luxtroiiM men who helped found the Albemarle Colony, and who later took a large part In the events that brought to pass the Indepen dence of the United Stae*. Among them In Joseph Hewes, one of the three North Carolina signers of the Declaration. Another In James Ircdoll, associate justice of the Cnlted States Supreme Court from 17$0 to 17J?9. Still others are notable for the part they played In Jho affairs of the colony. Hertford llleli In History Moat beautiful of all the home steads in Northeastern Carolina dating back to the beginning of the lust century Is Hayes, or llayes llarton, situated a scant hslf mile from Kdenton, In a large grove of tall tr??ee whose broad branches} form a great archway over the drive leading to the mansion. Hnye* wax built In 1X01 by Gov ernor Samuel Johnson. lis subse quent owners took exceeding care ?.l it. with the result that the ancient manor houso stands today In perfect nreaervatlon. At pres ent It Is owned and oecupled by Mr. and Mrs. John Wood and fam ily. On down Rroad street. In Kden ton. one follows the Virginia Dare Trail twelve miles across Chowan; and Perquimans Counties to thej hospitable old town of Hertford, on whose courthouse reposes thej first deed recorded In North Caro-I Una. It sets forth that on Marfh 1. 1(141, for a consideration, (leorge Dur.mt acquired a tract of land, acreage not given, from KII rocanen. of Kllcocatiew, Indian king of Yoeplm. The tract In question lay In I what la known now as Durant'sj Neck, n peninsula lying between j PCfdvlHIM and Little Rivera. Students of history find especial) Interest in the transaction from i the fact that It antedated William I'enn's purchase in Pennsylvania by some twenty years, and thne apparently was the first Instance In which Kngllsh settlers in the N'ew World rerompensed the In dian* for lands originally theirs. Just across Perquimans Klver From l)iirant's Neck, and *l*o In Perquimans County. U llarvey's Meek, homeland of the Harveys, >ne of th* leading families In Co (Continued on page 7) Epochal Structure ' Enduring Monument To Faith of People Boldly Flung Across Lower Reaches of Broad Chowan River, Bridge Appear^ Destined to Serve State for Century- | MUSIC AND POMP AND PAGEANTRY A T CELEBRATION Went lo (ireel Hunt at Bertie Side ?f (>rrut Structure, SymlHtlir <>f Union of (ilorioux Stale I.ONG CHIEF SPEAKER By RALPH POOL Pageantry and music at the Bertie County end of the new Chowan Bridge at Eden House, commemorative of the breaking of the river barrier between the Northeastern counties and the remainder of the State, will open the great bridge celebration to be held there and in Edenton on Wednesday, July 20. The ceromonlea at the bridg<* will begin at 11 o'clock. The Coast Guard cutter Pamlico will he moored close at hand, with a If-plece hand frotn Fort Bragg aboard to furnish mimic for t>?< occasion. The ribbons, white and blue Interwlned, will be held ncruNM the bridge by Mlsa Virginia Askew, representing Bertie, and Mrs. J. L. Huhh. I1. formerly Miss Kllsaheth Wiggins, on bebalf of Chowan. A group of representatives from the seven countlea to the east of the bridge will stand at the rib bon barrier, facing west. Thpy will be greeted from the Bertie side by Lieutenant-Governor J. Rimer Long, who will welcome them la token of the bridging of the broad Chowan. Frank Kugler, member of the State Highway Commission from the First District, will then advance and sever the ribbons. To l(f|nrsmt Itcgkm The representatives of the vari ous Northeastern counties, and the parts they will have In the pag eantry at the bridge, follow: little Miss Margaret Hlnes, of Manteo, InptraOMtlns Virginia Dare for Dare County; It. Warner Kvans. of Fdenton. as Governor Samuel Johnston, for Chowan; It. M. Itld dlck. Sr., of Gatesvllle, as General Horatio Gates, for Gates; W. F. Morgan, as John Harvey, Revolu tionary leader, for Perquimans; Representative J. Kenyon Wilson, of Rliza belli City, as General Isaac Gregory, for Pasquotank; W. 8. Berry, as the Karl of Camden, for Camden; and C. It. Morris, as the fcite Governor Samuel Jarvls. for Currituck. After th'/u? ceremonies, the of ficial party from the east will pro ceed to Eden House, turn and fall In behind the official party from the west, and the combined motorrade will Journey some four (Continued on Page 6) throw; to take BASKET LUNCHES TO BRIDGE EVENT Rank*! lunrhea will be the order of the day at lb*1 Chowan Bridge celebration. Th<- throng on hand for the feat M tie* will be Invited to enjoy their lunch e* under Rdenton'a lavlnh ahade, and for thoae who do not bring ba*ke>ta. aandwlrhea and cold drlnka will b? obtain able at many atre*t booth*. Mayor J. L. Wlgglnv <.f Kdenton. announce that every precaution will be taken agalnat excaealra price* at the booth*. WMh soma 800 official gueata to be taken care of at luncheon, thoaa In charge of the celebration decided It would be Impracticable to un dertake to f*??d the thou*anda of other visitors expected Tha great new bridge will be thrown open to the uae of the public, free of charge, on the day of Ifee celebration. By KAl.l'H POOL The Chowan Bridge stands today, n magnificent piece of engineering and construction, - apparently destined to servo for a century and more. Bold'r ly flung across the lower reaches of the broad spread ing Chownn River, it is an ??? during monument to the via ion, energy and perseveration I of a large group of Northeast- . jern Carolina residents. Thn brldis? was fln.nced through Issuance of $600,000 In j bonds by tho General Assembly of 1 I 1925, with tho understanding that lb?' cost would be repaid by ttin structure Itself. by the medium of (oIIr collected. Once the bridge Im paid for, the tolls are to be re moved. Construction of the bridge waa begun April 22. 1926, with the driving of tho Arm .steel reinforced J concrete p||*. I'relluiiaary actlv ItleH had beeu started some two uiouths before that date when Ika contractors, the Sanford & Brook* Company, of Baltimore, Norfolk I and Charleston, established a < struction camp on the waterfront just outside Fdenton, and begen IB casting the concrete piling. Each | pile required some no days to 1 harden before It could be driven j into the bottom of Chowan River. | The last pile was driven Febru ary 17, last. There still remained much additional work, an<L~ifeift 1 was finished the last week InJune. On June 29, .State Highway De partment engineers inspected thk finished structure, and approve# It. Tho bridge was throwu opes Ito traffic on Friday, July 1, will#* Jout ceremony. Total Camt ffUU.HAO J I Thq approximate cost of the bridge alone was 9531,250. This means that, in order to keep up the Interest on the Investment at 14 per cent, the structure must earn $21,250 a year. Adding $4, 000 for operating costs and re pairs, it is found that $25,000, In round numbers. Is required an nually In earnings, without con sidering retirement of the bondnr ;?j The bonds are to run for a pd* f rlod of 22 year*. Distributing a alnklng fund for their retirement equally over that length of~tlm?c i It Is seen that a little inor?*4hMl 924,000 a year would requires Adding (bat to the 925,000 ove head fur Interest, operation repairs, one arrives at a te4i? 949,000 as tho required and1 revenue, if the bridge Is to J its own way. Make it 950.000, safety's sake. In other words, that la $4, 166-67 a month, or 91.041.67 A week, or $148.81 a day. Ex pressed still differently, the brldj will be a success, financially, 149 passenger automobile* over it each 24 hours, at a C-, each. That means six an* -o quarter cars each hour, or a car every nine and one-half mliftitee. In its first throe days ot $u**r atlon, the bridge took In a total of $647.95, or an average of 9215.98 a day?leaving a surplus nf 96 7.17 a day as the average for that "period. Of course, there Is no allowance for depreciation In the foi^tefe* figures Giving the bridge 50 years' existence, It Is seen readily enough that two per cent of the cost must be added nnnually to provide a sinking fund for re placement of tho structure; and that will add a matter of some $11,000 to the annual Income re quired of It. bringing the total to a little better than $60,060, or $5,000 a month, or $1,2(10 a week. The mathematically Inclined reader will point out quickly thgt that estimate on the sinking fund obviously Is not correct, for tfce money accumulated In the sink* Ing fund will grow of Its own ac cord, through drawing Interest. But to offset that, one may answer that nobody can toll what advene ea In building costs will occur In the next half century, or hOtf much larger a bridge will be re quired to handle tho Increi traffic. May lie Otmnlrt* Then On the other hand, with ftylq machines coming to the fore (Continued on Page t)
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